Lighting Problems. Need help Now!!

I am on an extremely tight budget (limited income) and i bought some halogen work lights from Walmart. I can't seem to get the lighting correct without shadows or a flat image. I want to fix this issue for video and still photography. Any help would be greatly appreciated.:mrgreen:

 

can you post a picture of the problems?

 

Here's a pic I just took with my current set up.

 

There are several things you can do that will help.
#1 You need to white balance for the lights you are using
# 2 Get the subject further from the wall
# 3 Get your lights higher, they should be higher than the subjects head
# 4 Diffuse the light. Put piece of white paper or something in front of the lights so they aren't so direct.

Hope this helps. Keep posting and trying new things.

 

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Image Date: 2010:02:23 09:52:46
Focal Length: 10.3mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.013 s (1/80)
ISO equiv: 80
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB


For reference

 

Here is my shot at fixing the white balance and sharpening a little with Lightroom.

 

Just wanted to comment on one of the suggestions. I'm not so sure putting paper in front of a very hot work light bulb is the greatest thing to do.

 

If you want softer more even light try lighting through sheets hung up infront of the lights

 

Good point. I didn't think about how hot work lights are. I haven't used anything like that for a while. I mostly try to avoid anything that begins with the word "work".

 

Use compact fluroescent daylight bulbs instead!

The two catch lights in the eyes are pretty interesting.

 

you could also try having your subject step forward from the wall to help avoid those shadows